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Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop HF receiver

General

HAM bands 80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  10m  2000m  ?
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps Continuous Continuous ?

Receiver

RX-range 10-80 m 80 kHz - 30 MHz 0.54-34 MHz in 4 bands
Modulations CW   SSB   AM   CW   AM   CW  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne, 20 tubes Single conversion Single conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? 575 kHz 455 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? 1.5 W at 3.2 Ohms

Transmitter

TX-range 10-80 m - -
Modulations CW   SSB   - -
RF-output SSB: 550 W (PEP input), CW: 175 W (input) ? ?

Connections

Antenna - - Clamps / screws
Impedance 50 Ω 50/500Ω 52-600Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. Separate PSU Mains or 12 V DC Mains (100-240 V AC)
Current RX ? ? 75 W
TX ? - -

Physical

Manufactured Between 1969 and 1969 in USA Between 19xx and 19xx Between 1954 and 1959 in USA
Dimensions 381 × 165 × 330 mm
(15.00 × 6.50 × 12.99 in)
? 470 × 230 × 270 mm
(18.50 × 9.06 × 10.63 in)
Weight 9.98 kg (22.0 lbs) ? 12.00 kg (26.5 lbs)
Form factor Base Station Base Station Base Station

Other features

Memories ? None ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features R.I.T.
ALC
Notch and CW filter
6-pole XTAL lattice filter
Noise blanker
VOX
? Amateur band bandspread
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN HALLICRAFTERS-SR-000400A-CYCLONE-III MARCONI-CSR-000005 HALLICRAFTERS-S-000085U